tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 07 10:19:54 2003
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Re: Bumper Sticker (was Re: Klingon WOTD: qIm (v))
- From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Bumper Sticker (was Re: Klingon WOTD: qIm (v))
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:15:17 -0400
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From: "Steven Boozer" <[email protected]>
> >jatlh Voragh:
> > > qIm tera'ngan
> > > Attention Earther! (KCD bumper sticker)
>
> It was a promotional gimmick from publisher Simon & Schuster. I don't
> remember if mine was mailed out separately to members of the KLI and other
> Klingon fan groups to advertise the game back in 1998(?), or if it was
> included in the game box.
Mine was included in the game box. It eventually wore off of my car.
> I do recall that (as always!) there was some discussion as to whether
> Okrand was responsible for the bumper sticker (he was a consultant on the
> game itself). Many thought that {qIm} was unnecessarily clipped,
expecting
> {yIqIm tera'ngan}.
What? Why? Not only is a bumper sticker saying "Attention, Earther!" a
PERFECT reason to clip the phrase, it's also the perfect clipping. /yIqIm/
means you're only speaking to one Earthling. But this bumper sticker might
be talking to more than one, or it might not. Clipped, it makes absolutely
no difference. /qIm tera'ngan/, recognized as clipped, means both
"Attention, Earther!" and "Attention, Earthers!"
The bumper sticker was phrased perfectly, whether Okrand wrote it or not.
SuStel
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